Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Print Techniques
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:11:35 -0500

My portfolio prints from my Epson Photo are approaching 1 year, with no
significant sign of fading so far.  Only the print I have had exposed to
constant diffused daylight had shown some sign of fading, and it is
noticable only in reference to a part of the print that had been covered
up.  It is very slight.

Dan C.

At 06:16 AM 30-10-98 +0000, you wrote:
>>I maintained that the cost to come close to film requires a vast
>>investment. and there is no guarantees that the images will last as long
>>and something better will come along to make my investment in digital a
>>lost one. What happens to your investment if a hard drive crashes, or you
>>have a problem in restoring a backup (If you remember to do this), or if an
>>essential file gets corrupted, or scientists discover some as yet unknown
>>problem with the current storage media, and on and on and on. My negatives
>>going back to the early 1900's are perfect and will be in the next 100
>>years potentially.
>
>We recently had a "guru" on digital imaging give a talk at a local camera
>club meet.  Somebody asked him how long each digital image is expected to
>last.  His frank answer - approximately 6 months!
>
>Dan K.
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